In the matter of the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal:

Pursuant to section 256 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (“Act”), notice is hereby given that on 18 December 2015 the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal ordered, pursuant to section 242(1)(e) of the Act, that

David Gould Russell Short

be suspended from practice as a barrister or as a solicitor, or as both, for a period of three months from 18 December 2015.

Dated at Auckland this 16th day of February 2016.

JUDGE D. F. CLARKSON, Chairperson.